#mira

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. ↗

— John Burroughs

#endure #man #mend #miracle #much

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates. ↗

— Francine Busby

#arab #emirates #i #learn #operations

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#could #miracle #order #outrageous #presume

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#contempt #i #i wonder #motivation #ought

When I was a little boy in short pants, I dreamed about a miraculous ointment that would make me invisible. Then I became an adult, began to write, and wanted to be successful. Now I'm successful and would like to have the ointment that would make me invisible. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#adult #became #began #boy #dreamed

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#admiration #attention #getting #hopes #i

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#beautiful #dignified #living #living thing #longevity

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#blown #earth #face #far #haven

Thank God for little miracles, right? ↗

— Michael Bergin

#little #miracles #right #thank #thank god

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#disease #live #miracle #society #stupid